-------- WINDOWS -------- choco install mingw choco install make download SDL2, extract to C:\SDL2 include SDL2 in C extension path in VSCode get the SDL2.dll from C:\SDL2\lib\x64 and put it in the same folder as the executable the main method must have the following signature: int main(int argc, char* args[]) build with these args: gcc -o renderer -Wall -std=c99 ./src/*.c -IC:/SDL2/include -lSDL2main -lSDL2 -LC:/SDL2/lib/x64 run with ./renderer.exe